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One copy negative of two images. Image A is a two piece rock structure with plants growing around it off of a dirt road. In the background is a mountain with trees growing at the top. Image B is a mountain with few plants growing at the base and more trees growing in the background.

Copy negative of six women and a child sitting at a beach wearing swimsuits and caps. There is a building behind them. The third woman from the left is labeled "Mama," and the surname of the fourth woman is Hayden.

Copy negative of six men standing in the snow in front of a parked automobile. The men are all wearing hats and coats. Three men on the left are standing in a line and looking straight ahead. A man on the right is walking down the steps of the front porch of a two-story building, of which only the porch and side with two windows is visible. A man in the center of the image is looking down at his hands, while a man to his left is looking straight ahead and reaching into his shirt pocket. Several trees without leaves are in the background behind them.

Copy negative of four pictures. Three are of pairs of men and women wearing warm clothing standing in the snow with trees and mountains in the background. One is of a man standing alone in a grassy area with trees and mountains behind him.

Copy negative of two lanscape images in a 2x1 grid. The top image is of a geological landform in a desert. Sand and plants are in the foreground and the land formations are in the background. The second image is another view of a geological land formation. The photographs were taken in an unknown part of Utah or Wyoming.

Copy negative of the inside of Cox Typewriter Exchange Company with three men standing in the back. Case shelves of typewriters can be seen along both sides of the store with a few typewriters on display stands in the aisle. The store is on N 3rd St in Abilene, Texas.

Copy negative of a portrait of an unknown man in a dark suit and hat holding an unknown child in a long white dress. The man is standing outside. There is a white picket fence and trees visible in the background.

Copy negative of the inside of Cox Typewriter Exchange Company with three men standing in the back. Case shelves of typewriters can be seen along both sides of the store with a few typewriters on display stands in the aisle. The store is on N 3rd St in Abilene, Texas.

Copy negative portrait of V. C. Perini, Sr. wearing a three-piece suit with stiff rounded collared striped shirt, collarless vest, tie and a dark colored jacket. He carries a white pin with the mark of an "x" on his lapel.

Copy negative of the front interior of Cox Typewriter Exchange Company with J. A. Castles, Dr. Ball, Mr. Slater, Ben Cox Sr., and Elba Cox standing in the back. Typewriters can be seen along the left wall, and a glass case and shelves of items are on the right side. The store is on N 3rd St in Abilene, Texas.

Copy negative of a Moutray Oil Company truck parked on the street in front of a Moutray Oil Company storefront. The Moutray logo is printed on the passenger side door of the truck along with the words "P.R. Gerlack, Distributor" and "Bradshaw, Texas." A patterned border surrounds the photograph.

Copy negative of two photographs oriented in opposite directions. Top photograph shows the rear exterior of a service station with three Moutray Products gasoline tanks behind the building. In the lower photograph a tank truck is parked in front of a repair shop.

Copy negative of cars driving up and down the city streets with some parked at meters on the street. People are walking up and down the sidewalks and an American flag waves above a building in the right side of the image.

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